Ayush spreading globally: Shripad Naik

Later addressing a press conference, the Minister said they were working to propagate and popularise Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha treatments, with an aim to minimise gap between supply and demand in providing medical facility to the people. Ayush has signed an agreement with the WHO for cooperation and promoting of traditional medicine, providing inputs for work plan to provide quality and effective traditional medicines of Ayurveda, Unani and Panchakarma, he added.

Mr Naik said Ayush signed federal-level agreements and institution-level MoUs with 24 countries, adding that 20 Ayush information cells had been set up in various countries. Stating that Ayurveda plays a vital role in preventable and manageable diseases, he said 35 million deaths due to non-communicable diseases take place in the country every year, out of which 50.8 million deaths are preventable.